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+Sep. 13, 2023 - If the Chicago region replaced 30% of all on-road combustion-engine vehicles -- including motorcycles, passenger cars and trucks, buses, refuse trucks and short- and long-haul trucks -- with electric ...
+Oct. 17, 2023 - Researchers took a closer look at what would happen to agriculture if there was an extra cost, or so-called social cost, added to fossil fuels, which are essential for making fertilizer used in ...
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+Sep. 13, 2023 - New research suggests that owls in Texas have high rates of anticoagulant rodenticides (AR) -- blood thinning rat poisons -- in their ...
+Oct. 17, 2023 - The world may have crossed a 'tipping point' that will inevitably make solar power our main source of energy, new research ...
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+Sep. 12, 2023 - Replacing 50% of meat and milk products with plant-based alternatives by 2050 can reduce agriculture and land use related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 31% and halt the degradation of forest and ...
+Oct. 16, 2023 - Despite steps toward decreasing deforestation, uncontrolled wildfires are threatening environmental gains in Brazilian Amazonia, one of the world's most critical carbon sinks and a region of ...
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+Sep. 11, 2023 - A new study finds that surface soil in parks and playgrounds built on former waste incineration and ash disposal sites may contain levels of lead exceeding EPA safety standards for areas where ...
+Oct. 13, 2023 - Scientists recently presented a report on the status of global water resources. According to this report, large parts of the world experienced drier conditions in 2022 than those recorded on average ...
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+Sep. 11, 2023 - Increasing energy efficiency in buildings can save money -- and it can also decrease the carbon emissions and air pollution that lead to climate change and health harms. But the climate and health ...
+Oct. 12, 2023 - 'Flagship' individual animals like Cecil the lion or Freya the walrus can boost conservation, new research ...
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+Sep. 11, 2023 - Failing to achieve climate mitigation goals puts increasing pressure on climate adaptation strategies. In two new studies, researchers address novel approaches to these ...
+Oct. 12, 2023 - Researchers have compared long-term data on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation from two different latitudes and discovered a statistical correlation. Their aim was to investigate how the ...
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+Sep. 11, 2023 - New results reveal that many of Africa's remaining lions live within small, fragmented populations at risk of disappearing. The researchers developed a new framework which integrates ecological ...
+Oct. 12, 2023 - Food shortages caused by extreme weather could lead to civil unrest in the UK, according to a new study which has surveyed some of the country's leading food ...
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+Sep. 11, 2023 - As researchers around the world race against time to develop new strategies and technologies to fight climate change, a team of scientists is exploring one possible way to directly reduce the amount ...
+Oct. 11, 2023 - A new study examines the good and bad uses of biomass and the best pathways to meet California's goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 85% of 1990 levels by ...
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+Sep. 7, 2023 - A new report presents major findings on the gravity of impacts from invasive alien species on our ...
+Oct. 11, 2023 - Plastic use in agriculture must be reduced in order to mitigate pollution and prevent toxic chemicals from leaching into the soil and adversely affecting human health, according to a new ...
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+Sep. 7, 2023 - A new study suggests that railroads are likely to cut transportation prices to prop up coal-fired plants if U.S. climate policies further disadvantage coal in favor of less carbon-intensive energy ...
+Oct. 5, 2023 - A technology being studied to curb climate change - one that could be put in place in one or two decades if work on the technology began now - would affect food productivity in parts of planet ...
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+Sep. 7, 2023 - An international team of scientists analysed publicly available sustainability reports released by 100 of the world's largest companies and found that around two-thirds of these global ...
+Oct. 4, 2023 - Simultaneous outbreaks of large wildfires will become more frequent in the Western United States this century as the climate warms, putting major strains on efforts to fight fires, according to new ...
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+Sep. 7, 2023 - New research shows that socio-economic factors play a larger role in migration than ...
+Oct. 3, 2023 - The increasingly urgent climate crisis has led to a boom in commercial tree plantations in an attempt to offset excess carbon emissions. However, authors argue that these carbon-offset plantations ...
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+Sep. 6, 2023 - As the Earth's human population grows, greenhouse gas emissions from the world's food system are on track to expand. A new study demonstrates that state-of-the-art agricultural technology ...
+Oct. 3, 2023 - Climate change means the American West will have 17% fewer safe days to light prescribed fires for wildfire management, according to new research. Winter, however, will see a net 4% increase in the ...
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+Sep. 5, 2023 - When we determine which communities are more likely to get their water from contaminated supplies, median household income is not the best measure. That's according to a recent study that found ...
+Oct. 2, 2023 - Increased government investment in climate change mitigation is prompting agricultural sectors to find reliable methods for measuring their contribution to climate change. With that in mind, ...
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+Sep. 5, 2023 - In the United States, tens of millions of people live behind levees, but historically disadvantaged groups are more likely to live behind subpar levees and have fewer resources to maintain critical ...
+Sep. 27, 2023 - Protecting large swaths of Earth's land can help stem the tide of biodiversity loss -- especially when those protected areas are in less disturbed landscapes and in countries with effective ...
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+Sep. 5, 2023 - If the region surrounding Chicago -- North America's largest freight hub -- shifted just 30% of its current on-road heavy-duty vehicles to electric versions, it would substantially reduce ...
+Sep. 27, 2023 - Researchers have investigated the potential in Japan for more sustainable plastic recycling and the market for ...
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+Sep. 5, 2023 - Reducing air pollution in kitchens could drastically improve health outcomes for the most vulnerable communities globally, say ...
+Sep. 25, 2023 - Enforcement is one of the biggest challenges to international cooperation on mitigating climate change in the Paris Agreement. The agreement has no formal enforcement mechanism; instead, it is ...
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+Sep. 5, 2023 - Invasive alien species are animals that may pose a threat to biodiversity, but it's time to deal with that threat in a more ethical ...
+Sep. 25, 2023 - It is impossible to imagine modern agriculture without plastics. 12 million tons are used every year. But what about the consequences for the environment? An international team of authors addresses ...
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+Sep. 1, 2023 - Health benefits that have resulted from reductions in fine particulate air pollution aren't distributed equally among populations in the U.S., a new Yale-led study finds. Racial and ethnic ...
+Sep. 21, 2023 - Researchers have identified the threat greenwashing poses to a 'nature positive' world, one where environmental decline halts and biodiversity outcomes ...
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+Aug. 31, 2023 - At a time of unparalleled rates of biodiversity loss, a new interconnected system to monitor biodiversity around the world is needed to guide action quickly enough to target conservation efforts to ...
+Sep. 20, 2023 - New research examines the 'revolution' in the study of deforestation brought about by satellites, and analyzing which kinds of policies might limit climate-altering ...
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